Sundaymail Editor
Nduduzo Tshuma in Masvingo
THE First Family has expressed good wishes for all Zimbabweans ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Officially closing Zanu-PF’s 16th Annual National People’s Conference in Masvingo yesterday, President Mugabe called on drivers of buses ferrying delegates to their respective home areas to exercise caution on the roads to preserve life.
The First Family also gave every female delegate at the Conference the new party regalia designed by First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe.
In addition, all delegates were given 5kg of rice each and Christmas cards.
President Mugabe called on citizens to take advantage of the rains to till the land and plant crops to mitigate the effects of the drought experienced in the last summer season and bolster food security.
“As we approach the Christmas and New Year celebrations, I want to wish you overwhelming happiness. We experienced drought in 2016 but we have high hopes that as we enter 2017 and with the rains we are receiving, we won’t experience the drought we saw in the last season,” said President Mugabe.
“So, I say merry Christmas, merry Christmas, merry Christmas again and a prosperous New Year.”
President Mugabe called on people to go out of their way to bring joy to their families.
He went down memory lane and shared with delegates how his late mother, Mbuya Bona, would rear chickens all year round for slaughter during the Christmas holidays, and how these were enjoyed with sadza cooked from milled rice (sadza remupunga).
President Mugabe urged people to limit their intake of alcohol and spare money to buy goodies for their families.
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